Portable vehicle turn-table.



J. LIESKOVAN.

PORTABLE VEHICLE TURN TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1914.

1,14,628, Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

J. L lbs-item JOSEPH LIESKOVAN, or men, MICHIGAN.

PORTABLE VEHICLE TURN-TABLE.

Application filed June 11, 1914. Serial No. 844,483.

Ib'aZZ 1071 am it may concern Beit known that I, JosnPH-"LinsKovAN, a"snbje ct'of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Bach, in thecounty of Huron and State of M chigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Portable Vehicle Turn-Tables, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in portablevehicle turn tables.

. The primary object of this invention is to provide-a turn table devicecarried upon a vehicle and whereby the vehicle may be readily turnedaround in any desired direction in the smallest possible space.

A further object is to provide an auto mobile with a device forelevating the vehicle above the ground and in which position the samemay be pivota-lly revolved to any desired direction and is adaptable forturning a vehicle in a narrow roadway or other location where there isinsufficient room for driving the vehicle around the desired turn.

A still further object is to provide an elevating turn table upon thefloor of a vehicle and operable from the driv'ers seat thereof andwhereby the vehicle may be readily elevated and turned as desired.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views :Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile partiallybroken away illustrating the device e'mployed thereon and in itsinoperative position. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the automobileelevated upon the device. Fig. 3 is .1 top plan view of the turn tablebase partly broken awav and the shaft thereof shown in section. Fig. 4is a vertical transverse sectional view taken uponline IV-IV otFig. 3,and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a portion of the automobile floor with.the

' turn table shaft shown in section.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the device it will beunderstood is applicable to any orm of vehicle but is herein illusSpecification of Letters Patent.

} ing a screw 17 which extends bed and at which 1 the rod 13 PatentedJan. 12, 153.15.

and carried by the floor 11 thereof.

The turn table proper consists of a base plate 112 swiveled to the lowerend of an operating rod 13 which is externally screwthreaded and isthreaded through the perforated plate 14 secured to the bottom 11 of thevehicle. The swiveled connection between the base 12 and the rod 13consists of a central bracket 15 carried bythe base and having an innersocket 16 for the reception of the lower end of the rod and carryintothe annular groove 18 of said rodend. The base 12 is provided withsharpened spil're's'19 upon its lower surface and it will be evidentthatby revolving the rod 1-3 through the agency of its turn wheel 20 securedto the said rod-that thesaid base plate islowered from the positionshown in Fig. l to con-' tact withv the ground as illustrated in Fig. 2,thus projecting the spikes 19 into the road-bed and elevating theautomobile upon the fed by continued turning of the said I'Od'13. 4 Y IThe upper portion of the operating rod is squared as at 21 and a slidinglatch 22 is carried by the automobile floor and provided with a U-shapednotch 23 in the end thereof adapted to engage this squared portion ofthe rod for preventing any further relative movement between'the rod andau tomobile floor when the vehicle has been elevated a sufl'icientheight to clear the roadtime the squared portion of the rod ispositioned so as to be readily engaged bv the latch.

The latch 22 is slidablv mounted within top 0 s a strap or loop 24 uponthe vehicle bottom The complete operation of the device will 1 beapparent from this detailed description in that a turning of the wheel20 revolves and lowers the same to position the base plate 12 upon theroad-wav and the spikes 19 into the surface thereof and whereupon a contnued turning of the rod within its swiveled connec on with the baseplate elevates the automobile upon said rod sufliciently to clear thevehicle wheels from the road-way and to position the squared portion 21of the rod to be contacted by the latch 22 when, slidably movedinwardly. Upon this locking of the rod by the latch against relativemovement with respect to the vehicle floor, the vehicle may be readilyswung around upon said rod as a pivot and upon the swivel connectionbetween said rod and the base plate, which latter remains stationary.When the vehicle is positioned as desired, the latch 22 may be removedand upon holding the vehicle stationary the wheel may be turned forlowering the ve- 15 hicle to a position upon the roadway and thereafterfor elevating the rod and base plate to its inoperative position asillus trated in Fig. 1. By this arrangement it will be apparent that aserviceable ready device is provided upon the vehicle whereby thevehicle may be turned around as desired. I "i ihile the forms of. theinvention herein shown and described are what are believed to bepreferableembodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to he understood thatminor changes may be made in the form, propdrtion and details ofconstruction Without de parting from the spirit and scope of theinvention as set forth in the appended claims.

What 1 claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprisingplate having a threaded perforaperforation therethrough, an operatingrod "said perforation, a base plate swiveled to the lower end of said 104,11, sliding latch carried by the vehicle floor and having all-sliapednotch in one endthereof adapted for engaging the squared upperportion of said rod when thebase plate is in its lowered operativeposition.

2. A device of the class described comprising a vehicle floor having athreaded screw-threaded through said perforation and having asquared-upper portion, a base plate swivcled to the lower end of saidrod and a turn wheel rigidly secured to the upper end'thereof, groundengaging. spikes .upon the lower face of said base plate, a

strap secured to the upper surface of said floor, a sliding latchpositioned within said strap and having a U-shaped notch in its free endin alinement with said rod and adapted for spanning the squared portionthereof when the base plate is in its operative lowermost position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of witnesses.

'hl JOSEPH 2 LIESKOVAN.

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Witnesses:

P. F. WERSCHKY, ANDY Gonna, S. R. PARK.

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Washington, D. G."

